On Thursday 12 April Chamber Talks moderator Haydar Ergülen welcomed an İstanbul classic, Selim İleri, as part of the İstanbul Literature series. Naturally, the topic of the discussion…

Created through the vision of the pedagogues of the period, this endeavor not only provided formal education to village students, but offered non-formal education to their…

We are presenting The Four-Legged Municipality: Street Dogs of İstanbul, an exhibition that sheds light upon the adventure of street dogs, an integral part of İstanbul’s daily life in…

On Thursday 24 May Chamber Talks moderator Haydar Ergülen discussed the poetry of  İstanbul The program included examples of outstanding poems written on İstanbul and its…

Inspired by our “Memory of Human Kind: Stories from the Ottoman Manuscripts” exhibition, in collaboration with Trendeki Yabancı magazine we published 6 stories by…

You can explore Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi’s remarkable collection at the Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi (1899 – 1984): Architectural Historian, Restorator, Collector exhibition. This time on the blog we take…

Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul through the eyes of Women Travellers The İstanbul Research Institute continues to expand its collection of travelogues. Women…

The Renovation of Casa d’Italia, Tepebaşı As of 1919, the Italian government had begun to use the former Venetian Palace (Palazzo Venezia) and thus,…

“We hope that these surveys and studies will contribute to a better knowledge and a better appreciation of the art of the city. [.…

The 24th International Byzantine Studies Congress was the first Byzantine congress I attended in my academic life, and it was exciting to have the…